Just like Tuesday’s lost, Wednesday’s 7-4 defeat against the Blue Jays features plenty of good and bad. Unfortunately for the Yankees, the bad includes another one in the loss column. On the bright side, the good centered around what’s important in the long term–the kids shined. CC Sabathia’s six inning outing was about as strange […]
Day: August 17, 2016
Gary Sanchez will be the Yankees’ everyday starting catcher going forward
NEW YORK — The Yankees’ youth movement is in full-swing. Before Wednesday’s game against the Blue Jays, manager Joe Girardi dropped a pair of hints that young Gary Sanchez will take over for Brian McCann as the team’s everyday catcher going forward. It’s a role he’s essentially held for a week or two now, but no […]
Here Come the Kids
The most dreaded time of the season for players, coaches, and fans alike are the so-called “dog days” of August. It’s the sweet spot of the season when players are exhausted from four months of over 100 ballgames, but still have a two-month grind of crucial baseball to play before the end of the season […]
Game 119 Recap: Runs, no DMC
‘Twas a tale of two games. The Yankees started off Tuesday night’s game firing on all cylinders. Michael Pineda was throwing well, Gary Sanchez hit two home runs and New York built an early six-run lead. Then the rain came. A 42-minute delay halted play in the middle of the fifth, long enough to force Pineda from […]